The situation was precarious because many of the Galician Poles proved to be pro-Russian after war came [WWI - vs], and they did not care to join Pilsudski. They expected Russia to win the war.how very interesting
They might be tolerated following a Russian victory as mere conscripts of Austria, but they would be persecuted for serving with Pilsudski. As a result, there were only a few thousand soldiers under Pilsudski and his friends during World War I. The overwhelming majority of all Polish veterans saw military service only with the Russians.
Large numbers of Polish young men from Galicia fled to the Russians upon the outbreak of war to escape service with either the Austrians or with Pilsudski. It was for this reason that the impact of Pilsudski on the outcome of the war against Russia was negligible.
- The Forced War by David L. Hoggan
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No politician of Pilsudski's ambitions could admire an election system which demonstrated his own unpopularity.
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